County of Calabria

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The County of Calabria was a medieval territorial division in southern Italy that served as an important frontier region of the Byzantine and later Norman realms.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Calabria canonical 1
Norman County of Calabria 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Hauteville dynasty ⓘ
Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
borders Ionian Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
eventuallyIntegratedInto Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Norman Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sicily
governedBy Byzantine strategos ⓘ
Norman counts ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Calabria ⓘ
Theme of Calabria ⓘ
hasCapital Reggio Calabria ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Byzantine culture ⓘ
Italo-Greek monasticism ⓘ
Norman culture ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Calabria ⓘ
hasHistoricalStatus borderland between Latin and Greek spheres ⓘ
frontier province ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasPortCity Reggio Calabria ⓘ
Squillace ⓘ
hasReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
locatedIn southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Italy
locatedInPresentDay Calabria region of Italy ⓘ
locatedOn Italian Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman realm in Italy ⓘ
precedes Duchy of Calabria ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
significance Byzantine outpost in Italy ⓘ
Norman base for expansion in southern Italy ⓘ
strategicRole control of sea routes between Sicily and mainland Italy ⓘ
defense of Byzantine possessions in Italy ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
usedAs frontier region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Count of Calabria → governs → County of Calabria ⓘ
Duchy of Calabria → successor → Norman County of Calabria ⓘ
linked to: County of Calabria